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Jonathan E. Spahr, MD

Job Title Clinical Director, Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
Job Title Director, Pulmonology Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Job Title Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology
4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 3
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
412-692-5630 Phone
412-692-6645 Fax
Email jonathan.spahr@chp.edu
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Education and Training

Medical School:

1998 Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
 

Residency:

2002 Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
 

Fellowship:

2006 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Memberships

  • American Thoracic Society
  • American College of Chest Physicians

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics
  • American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology
  • American Board of Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease

Awards

  • Dickinson College Alumni Grant Award
  • Omicron Delta Kappa National Honor Fraternity

Publications

  • Spahr JE, Krawiec ME. The early origins of asthma: nature, nurture, or parturition? Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2005;94(2):228-33.
  • Spahr JE, Krawiec ME. Leukotriene receptor antagonists--risks and benefits for use in paediatric asthma. Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2004; 3(3):173-85.

Research Interests

  • Exhaled breath condensate for the detection of inflammation and infection in patients with cystic fibrosis
  • Improved delivery of inpatient and outpatient care for adolescents with cystic fibrosis
  • Gene testing for idiopathic pneumothorax

Active Research Projects / Grants

  • Cystic Fibrosis Center Grant
  • NIH: Host factors in fungal allergy and fibrosis, Core B
Last Update
August 8, 2012
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